SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
821 AM PDT MON MAY 31 2004

.SHORT TERM...HAVE ISSUED AN UPDATE THIS MORNING TO INCREASE THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. BOTH NKX AND VBG SOUNDINGS INDICATED A FEW DEGREES WARMING THROUGH THE LOWER LEVELS AND WITH 70S TO UPPER 90S OVER THE MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY HAVE INCREASED TEMPS TO AROUND SUNDAYS HIGHS. ISOLATED STRATUS WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE BIGHT THIS MORNING AS WELL AS LOW CLOUDS EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREA. MARINE LAYER IS RELATIVELY SHALLOW AND EXPECT THE LOW CLOUDS OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL MIX OUT THROUGH THE MORNING. NO OTHER UPDATES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.